AHS/ACC Dual CreditSpring 2017Composition 1302

ENGL 1302: COMPOSITION II Instructor: Jessica Mitchell

Email: lassroom: Austin High Rm318

Voicemail: 512-841-2006Website: mitchellsminutes.weebly.com

Section 234/Syn 23115/1:25-2:55 MW

Section 080/Syn 19412/9:00-10:20 TTH

Section 236/Syn 23117/11:05-12:35 TTH

Ms. Mitchell’s Schedule

1st—Individual Studies/504 support5th—D/C Comp 1302

2nd—Conference6th—D/C Comp 1302

3rd—D/C Comp 13027th—English III

4th—English III8th—Individual Studies/504 Support

Office Hours—Wednesdays 8:00-9:00 AM, most FIT periods, “B” Fridays 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, “A” Fridays 1:20-2:55 PM in room 318

*If you cannot attend my office hours, please e-mail me to set up a conference for another time.

**Please note that this syllabus is subject to change at the instructor’s discretion. Updates will be sent to students via e-mail and/or explained in class. Students are responsible for taking note of any changes.**

Prerequisite

Enrollment in ENGL 1302 requires credit for ENGL 1301, or its equivalent, with at least a grade of “C.”

Course Description

ENGLISH 1302 is a continuation of English 1301 with emphasis on analysis of readings in prose fiction. Students will use literary elements to interpret short fiction.

English Discipline Requirements

This course will focus on seven elements of fiction: central idea, character, conflict, point of view, setting, language, and tone. These elements will be incorporated into five writing assignments, varying in length from 200-700 words (for a minimum total of 2500 words) and using either a cumulative or single-element approach. In at least one paper students must demonstrate their mastery of MLA style for documentation by using parenthetical documentation and by providing a list of works cited that contains at least one source other than the primary source.

Required Texts/Materials

  • Charters, Ann. The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. 9thedition. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2015 (Please do NOT get the compact edition.)
  • Students must provide their instructor with a Composition II File Folder (available in ACC bookstores) for the essays submitted. All of your papers must be kept in this file that I will collect throughout the semester. I will keep folders for one semester following enrollment. Students are responsible for making copies of any papers they want to keep for their files. You only need to write your name and ID number on the front.

Grading: Letter/Number Grades

We will use a letter grading system in this class. You will be given the opportunity to revise required essay assignments one time each after instructor review in order to improve your grade by as much as half of the original points deducted from the paper.For example, if you make a 74 on the original draft, you can earn back as many as 13 points by revising and resubmitting your paper. You must submit rewritten/revised/edited essays with your original essays. I will not review resubmissions without the original attached. Your revisions are due no more than two weeks after you have received the graded essay back in class.

Grade Scale: 0-59%= F, 60-69%= D, 70-79%= C, 80-89%= B, 90-100%= A

Final grades will be determined according to the following calculations:

4 element essays--60% (15% each)

In-class reader responses, pop quizzes, participation—15%

Literary Research Paper (paper 5)—15%

American Novel Presentation—10%

Departmental Exam—pass/fail

The Departmental Exam

The Departmental Examis required of all students enrolled in English 1302 andmust be taken under supervision at an ACC Testing Center. I will provide more detailed instructions about the test as the testing deadline draws closer. Students who do not pass on the first try may retest once. Essays must discuss four of the seven elements of fiction (including central idea), be at least 600 words in length, and must demonstrate the following: coherence, analytical thinking, and an understanding of the story; adherence to stylistic, grammatical, and mechanical conventions.

Instructor Expectations:

A. I will assign regular reading assignments. You are expected to read this material prior to class and be prepared to discuss it during the scheduled class period.

B. Class Performance: Students are required to attend all classes, bring assigned readings and other supplies to class, and learn to take and keep good class notes. Students, whether present or absent, are responsible for all assignments. The student must contact me concerning any missed assignments due to an absence. Late workwill be assessed a 5 point penalty per day it is late. It is important to maintain open lines of communication with me if you are having difficulty keeping up with the pace of the assignments.

C. Attendance policy: as stated above, students are expected to attend all classes. I will not withdraw you for missing a certain number of classes. However, keep in mind that, if you miss class (or are significantly tardy), you will probably miss a written reader’s response for the assigned reading. All late reader responses are subject to late points being deducted.

D. Participation: Comp II is not a lecture course, but rather a forum in which ideas are shared and discussed. I will steer the class in particular directions through guiding questions, but I’m not going to talk at you for the majority of class time. Participation is extremely important in order for class to work. Participation does not mean that a few students actively engage in discussions while others look on; it means everyone should be making efforts to contribute intelligent insights, asking questions when you don’t understand something about a text, and adding to the flow of classroom conversation.

E. Your papers are to be written and saved onto your hard drive, student drive, or USB drive since you will probably be editing submissions and resubmitting your papers to me after I have reviewed them. Write all papers with the following requirements:one double-spaced, typed page with 1” margins all around at 12 pt. font (will be considered 300 words for class purposes). No title page is necessary. Use Times New Roman or a similar font (no stretched or cursive fonts).

G. Cell phones: Do not use your cell phone during class discussions, writing assignments, and activities. Your phone should be out of sight and silenced throughout class. FYI: playing games on your phone during class discussions counts asusing your cell phone during class and is rude.

H. You will be given the opportunity to draft and revise required essay assignments one time each after instructor review in order to improve your grade by as much as half of the original points deducted from the paper. You must submit rewritten/revised/edited essays with your original essays. I will not review resubmissions without the original attached. Please keep in mind that revision does NOT just mean cleaning up spelling, grammar, and other minor errors. Revision is a re-vision: the ability to see your original argument in a new way and to reformulate it so that it becomes as effective as possible.Revised essays are due no more than two weeks after the graded essay is returned to you.

COURSE CALENDAR

Subject to revisions/additions

SW=The Story and Its Writer

HO= Handout

HRRLP=How to Read Literature Like a Professor

****All page numbers for Story and Its Writer are for the 9th edition. ****

Week One—Introduction and Discussion of course

  • Tues 1/17 and Wed 1/18--review syllabus, read “Close Reading Short Fiction” (SW 1671-1675HO),“How’d He Do That?” and “Now, Where Have I Seen Her Before?” (HO Introduction and 28-36How to Read Literature Like a Professor)
  • Thurs 1/19 and Fri 1/20--Readin class Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and complete literary analysis diagnostic

HW: read explanation of “Theme” (SW 1690-1691)

Week Two—Central Idea

  • Mon 1/23 and Tues 1/24—discuss Central Idea/Theme; revise literary analysis as Essay 1

HW: Read “The Morning of June 28, 1948…” (SW 1443-1445)

  • Wed 1/25 and Thurs 1/26—Finish “Lottery” discussion

HW: Read explanation of “Character” (SW 1680-1682) and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper (SW 532-544)

Week Three—Central Idea and Character (continued)

  • Mon 1/30 and Tues 1/31—assign essay 2; complete character analysis chart

HW: Read Casebook 3 on “The Yellow Wallpaper” (SW 1577-1588)

  • Wed 2/1 and Thurs 2/2—finish “Yellow Wallpaper” discussion; read “Every Trip is a Quest” (HO 1-6 HRLLP)

HW: Read T.C. Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” (HO)

Week Four—Character and Conflict

  • Mon 2/6 and Tues 2/7-- Discuss “Greasy Lake,” conflict, connection to quests

HW: Read Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” (SW 191-201)

  • Wed 2/8 and Thurs 2/9—Read in class--“Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion” (HO HRLLP), discuss “Cathedral”

HW: Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” (SW 977-989)

Week Five—Character and Conflict (continued)

  • Mon 2/13 and Tues 2/14—Read “Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires” (HO HRLLP 15-21) and “…Or the Bible” (HO HRLLP 47-56), discuss “WAYG,WHYB?”

HW: work on essay 2

  • Wed 2/15 and Thurs 2/16—Finish story discussion, work on essay 2; submit essay 2 by end of day

HW: Flannery O’Connor’s “Everything that Rises Must Converge” (SW 1004-1016)

Week Six—Conflict and Point of View

  • Tues 2/21 and Wed 2/22—Read explanation of “Point of View” (SW 1684-1688), discuss “ERMC”; assign essay 3

HW: William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” (SW 454-460)

  • Thurs 2/23 and Fri 2/24—plot points activity, discuss “Rose” and conflict/POV

HW: Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour” (SW 288-289)

Week Seven—Point of View and Setting

  • Mon 2/27 and Tues 2/28—discuss “Story of an Hour” and POV

HW: Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” (SW 1323-1328)

  • Wed 3/1 and Thurs 3/2— Read Eudora Welty’s Commentary (SW 1536-1538) and explanation of “Setting” (SW 1682-1683), discuss elements in “A Worn Path”

HW: Ernest Hemingway’s“Hills Like White Elephants” (SW 588-592)

Week Eight—Point of View and Setting

  • Mon 3/6 and Tues 3/7—read in class “Geography Matters…” (HO HRLLP 163-174)discuss “Hills” and geography/setting
  • Wed 3/8 and Thurs 3/9—work on Essay 3 in class; due by end of day; assign Novel Presentation

Spring Break—3/13/17 through 3/17/17

Week Nine—Setting

  • Mon 3/20 and Tues 3/21—Watch Dear America (86 minutes)

HW: Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” (SW 990-1003)

  • Wed 3/22 and Thurs 3/23— Discuss “TTTC;” read explanation of “Style” (SW 1688-1690) ; “Language” and “Tone” (HO—35-60 Lostracco); assign essay 4 (using Dept Exam Instructions)

HW: James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” (SW 57-80)

Week Ten--Language/Style and Setting

  • Mon 3/27 and Tues 3/28—Read in class “Don’t Read with Your Eyes” (HO—226-234 HRLLP); discuss “Sonny’s Blues”

HW: Language/Style/Tone Chart in “Sonny’s Blues”

  • Wed 3/29 and Thurs 3/30—work on essay 4 in class; submit by end of day—essay 4 must be approved before you can receive your departmental exam permit

HW: Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby” (SW 284-287)

Week Eleven—Irony in Short Stories

  • Mon 4/3 and Tues 4/4—“Is He Serious? And Other Ironies” (HO—HRLLP 235-244), discuss “Desiree” and irony

HW: Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” (SW 1306-1310)

  • Wed 4/5 and Thurs 4/6—irony in “HB” and previous stories

Week Twelve—Researching Literature

  • Mon 4/10 and Tues 4/11—Read “On Writing” (SW 1605-1608) and “The Research Paper” (SW 1770-1778); assign paper 5—the research paper
  • Wed 4/12 and Thurs 4/13-- Brainstorm for Paper 5; begin research; topic due by end of day

**Deadline to complete Departmental Exam (First Attempt) is Sunday 4/16/17**

Week Thirteen—Researching Literature

  • Mon 4/17 and Tues 4/18-- Paper Five research check one due by end of day
  • Wed 4/19 and Thurs 4/20—Paper Five research check two due by end of day

Week Fourteen—Researching Literature

**Deadline to withdraw is Monday, April 24th! Talk to Ms. Mitchell if you are concerned!**

  • Mon 4/24 and Tues 4/25—2 Peer Reviews for Research Paper in class
  • Wed 4/26 and Thurs 4/27— Research Paper due by end of day

HW: Get novel from given list for final presentation

Week Fifteen –Reading Longer Fiction

  • Mon 5/1 and Tues 5/2—Read novel in class; work on presentation

HW: Read novel; work on presentation

  • Wed 5/3 and Thurs 5/4—Read novel in class; work on presentation

HW: Read novel; work on presentation

Week Sixteen – Reading Longer Fiction

  • Mon 5/8 and Tues 5/9—novel presentations
  • Wed 5/10 and Thurs 5/11—novel presentations; last day of class

Course Objectives

The goals of Composition II are to promote

•Critical thinking, reading, and writing within an intercultural context;

•Clear, coherent, confident, and effective communication;

•Collaborative learning;

•Literary analysis.

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of English 1302, students should be able to

•Think, read, and write critically;

•Effectively use referential (interpretive/analytical) writing;

•Critically analyze fiction;

•Appreciate and understand how the elements of fiction work together.

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze and discuss parts of short story and how they relate to the story as a whole
  • Write objectively, concisely and analytically about short stories
  • Discuss central idea, character, conflict, setting, point of view, language, and tone of short story
  • Relate elements of fiction to short story as a whole

Core Curriculum Outcomes

  • Content – Uses compelling and relevant content to illustrate mastery of the subject.
  • Organization – Presents information in a unified and coherent manner. Thesis clearly stated and supported.
  • Sources and Evidence – Effectively utilizes a wide variety of relevant and credible materials with exceptional citations (when required).
  • Writing Conventions (grammar/spelling/usage/punctuation/formatting) – Uses language that communicates meaning to readers with clarity and fluency.

Instructional Methodology

In this section of Composition 1302, we will use the following methodology—discussions, small group activities, individual reader responses, vocabulary and grammar studies, peer reviewing, short novel study, use of electronic media, and research methods.

Scholastic Dishonesty

Acts prohibited by the College for which discipline may be administered include scholastic dishonesty (e.g., cheating on an exam or quiz, plagiarizing, and unauthorized collaboration with another in preparing outside work). Academic work submitted by students shall be the result of their thought, research, or self-expression. Academic work is defined as (but not limited to) tests and quizzes, whether taken electronically or on paper; projects, either individual or group; classroom presentations; and homework.

If I find that you have participated in scholastic dishonesty, you will

a) receive a 0 on the assignment in question OR

b) receive an F in the course depending on the magnitude of the infraction.

As well, I will communicate in writing the penalty and the infraction to the ACC English Department Chair, Dean of Communications, and Dean of Student Services.

Student Freedom of Expression

Each student is strongly encouraged to participate in class. In any classroom situation that includes discussion and critical thinking, there are bound to be many differing viewpoints. These differences enhance the learning experience and create an atmosphere where students and instructors alike will be encouraged to think and learn. On sensitive and volatile topics, students may sometimes disagree not only with each other but also with the instructor. It is expected that faculty and students will respect the views of others both when expressed in classroom discussions or class-related writing.

Withdrawal Policy

I will not withdraw anyone from this course, though you can withdraw yourself if you feel it is necessary. It is important to turn in essays and revisions in a timely manner and to attend every class meeting. If you receive below a 70 in the course, be aware that you will not receive credit for English Composition 1302 through ACC or credit for English III through Austin High. You are not limited in the number of college courses from which you can withdraw while you are in high school. However, The Texas State Legislature passed a bill stating that students who first enroll in public colleges and universities beginning in fall 2007 and thereafter may not withdraw from more than six classes during their undergraduate college career. In other words, don’t establish a pattern for yourself in high school of adding and dropping college courses. That will be a hard habit to break once you are in college full time. See ACC Student Handbook for further information.**You also need to be aware that receiving a failing grade in a Dual Credit course can negatively impact your ability to receive government financial aid when you go to college.** Therefore, as the semester goes on, if you are worried you will not pass or if I am worried you will not pass, we will be conferencing to decide the best course of action for you.

Awarding of “Incomplete” as a Final Grade

I will rarely give an “I” grade (incomplete). You must have a verifiable emergency occurring after the last day to withdraw. All work to complete the course must be done by the deadlines I establish. Failure to complete the work will result in an F.

Use of ACC Email

All College e-mail communication to students will be sent solely to the student’s ACCmail account, with the expectation that such communications will be read in a timely fashion. ACC will send important information and will notify you of any college related emergencies using this account. Students should only expect to receive email communication from their instructor using this account. Likewise, students should use their ACCmail account when communicating with instructors and staff. Instructions for activating an ACCmail account can be found at

Student Rights and Responsibilities

Students at the college have the rights accorded by the U.S. Constitution to freedom of speech, peaceful assembly, petition, and association. These rights carry with them the responsibility to accord the same rights to others in the college community and not to interfere with or disrupt the educational process. Opportunity for students to examine and question pertinent data and assumptions of a given discipline, guided by the evidence of scholarly research, is appropriate in a learning environment. This concept is accompanied by an equally demanding concept of responsibility on the part of the student. As willing partners in learning, students must comply with college rules and procedures.

Enrollment in the college indicates acceptance of the rules set forth in this policy, which is administered through the office of the campus dean of student services. Due process, through an investigation and appeal process, is assured to any student involved in disciplinary action.

General Provisions:
The purpose of this policy is to identify the rights and responsibilities of ACC students, to specify acts prohibited and standards of conduct required, and to set a range of appropriate penalties when rules are violated.